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Provides predefined data reports or "build your own query" reports by country, topic, or data source, as well as queries within both the International Financial Statistics (IFS) and Trade and Investment. Also includes the IMF Data Mapper which allows you to plot, compare, and import data from countries and regions. Data is drawn from:

International Financial Statistics – international and domestic finance, with history to 1948.

Direction of Trade - value of exports and imports between countries and their trading partners, with history to 1980.

Balance of Payments - international economic transactions data and International Investment Position, with history to 1960.

Government Finance Statistics - budgetary and extra-budgetary financial operations data of governments, with history to 1990.

Access to social science data files. Direct downloading is available; click on 'downloads' once you have identified the data file you want; registration with a MyData account is required for most data file downloads. The data files require statistical software (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata) to manipulate the data; see Information Technology's Statistical Software page for information on acquiring software and usage assistance. For assistance with locating data files in ICPSR, contact the Young Library Reference Desk. For more information on ICPSR, see the ICPSR Research Guide or visit the ICPSR site.

Internationally comparable macroeconomic statistics from the world community. Information from all member countries is uniformly formatted.

Available from IMF eLibrary Data Query Builder.Also available on CD-ROM, January 2004-May 2013; request at the Young Library Reference Desk (2nd floor, north wing): CS 97-1; and via ICPSR (complete data from 1948).

Provides predefined data reports or "build your own query" reports by country, topic, or data source, as well as queries within both the International Financial Statistics (IFS) and Trade and Investment. Also includes the IMF Data Mapper which allows you to plot, compare, and import data from countries and regions. Data is drawn from:

International Financial Statistics – international and domestic finance, with history to 1948.

Direction of Trade - value of exports and imports between countries and their trading partners, with history to 1980.

Balance of Payments - international economic transactions data and International Investment Position, with history to 1960.

Government Finance Statistics - budgetary and extra-budgetary financial operations data of governments, with history to 1990.